2009 FORD ESCAPE Electrical System Problems

WHILE DRIVING MY 2009 FORD ESCAPE (V6) HOME FROM WORK, MY CAR LOST ACCELERATION. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING, THE LIGHTS STILL WORKED, RADIO ON, POWER STEERING, BUT I HAD NO ACCELERATION RESPONSE FROM THE GAS PEDAL. I WAS ABLE TO COAST MY CAR ONTO A SIDE ROAD WITHOUT INCIDENT, AND NOTICED THE SERVICE LIGHT WAS ON BEFORE TURNING MY CAR OFF (WRENCH SYMBOL). I WAITED FOR A FEW MOMENTS, AND TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR. TO MY SURPRISE, THE CAR STARTED UP IMMEDIATELY, AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME WITHOUT FURTHER ISSUE. I TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL AUTO SHOP TO HAVE THE COMPUTER CHECKED TO SEE IF THE ERROR WAS STILL IN THE SYSTEM, BUT IT WAS ALREADY CLEARED. TWO WEEKS LATER, WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM A VACATION WEEKEND, THE CAR DID THE SAME THING, EXCEPT THIS TIME I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH,...

DRIVING AND VEHICLE KEPT ACTING LIKE IT WAS STALLING WHILE TRYING TO DRIVE. KNEW THAT THE GAS WAS NOT LOW, SO WASN'T SURE WHAT THE ISSUE WAS. MADE IT TO DESTINATION AND CALLED MECHANIC. BROUGHT IT IN TO THE SHOP, STILL WITH INTERMITTENT STALLING WHILE DRIVING. RAN A TEST AND SAID THAT THE THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM WAS STUCK OPEN - THIS HAS SEEMED TO BE A PROBLEM WITH FORD ESCAPE VEHICLES. GOT IT FIXED WITH NO INCIDENTS, BUT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING AND THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET THE ROAD I WAS TRAVELING HAD SLIGHT HILLS. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH WHEN THE CAR WENT TO DOWN SHIFT AND SPEED UP IS WHEN IT LOST POWER AND WENT INTO LIMP MODE. THE LAST OCCURRENCE WAS ON 10-17-13 WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON A FLAT ROAD. I HAD TO BRAKE FOR TRAFFIC WHEN I WENT TO ACCELERATE IS WHEN IT LOST POWER AND WENT INTO LIMP MODE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY ROAD AND THE ENGINE RANDOMLY DIED WHEN I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 40MPH. ALL THE LIGHTS AND RADIO/ELECTRONICS REMAINED ON (NEVER LOST TIME OR PRESET RADIO STATIONS, HEADLIGHTS, DASH, ETC) BUT AS I TRIED TO GIVE IT SOME GAS, IT WOULDN'T RESPOND. WHEN I REALIZED THE ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING AFTER A FEW SECONDS, THE RPMS WERE AT 0 AND THE BATTERY LIGHT AND OIL LIGHT WAS ON. NO CODES THROWN OR CHECK ENGINE OR WRENCH LIGHT. AS I PULLED OVER AND PUT IT IN PARK, I ATTEMPTED TO START IT, AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP LIKE NOTHING WAS WRONG. DIDN'T "COUGH" OR CRANK AND CRANK...FIRED JUST LIKE IT WAS BRAND NEW. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO A LOCAL BODY SHOP AND THEY CHECKED NORMAL ISSUES THAT WOULD CAUSE THE ESCAPE TO RANDOMLY SHUT OFF AND DID NOT FIND ANYTHING. THEN I DID RESEARCH...

FAULTY ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY VEHICLE LOST POWER TWICE WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME - EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. ENGINE REMAINED RUNNING BUT ALL POWER LOST. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO FORD IN HOPES THE REPAIR WOULD BE COVERED UNDER EXTENDED POWERTRAIN WARRANTY OR VIA TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN. NO . . . . THIS IS ASTOUNDING TO ME - A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH WILL TELL YOU THERE ARE MANY ISSUES WITH THIS PART ACROSS MULTIPLE FORD MODELS. THIS WAS A $340 REPAIR, FOR A FAULTY PART, AND ONE WHICH PUTS PEOPLE IN POTENTIALLY EXTREME DANGER. PLEASE CONCLUDE YOUR INVESTIGATION ASAP. *TR

AFTER WAITING AT A RED LIGHT, MY VEHICLE TRAVELLED ABOUT 100 YARDS. THE ENGINE SHUTTERED, ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS UNRESPONSIVE, AND THE ENGINE RPMS DROPPED TO 900. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF THE CAR THEN RESTARTED IT. EVERYTHING WAS FINE, EXCEPT FOR MY CONFIDENCE, FOR THE NEXT 6 MILES. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE ENGINE SHUTTERED, WRENCH LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND RPMS IMMEDIATELY DROPPED. SAME UNRESPONSIVE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. I THEN PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND COASTED TO A SIDE ROAD. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND WAITED A COUPLE OF MINUTES, ENOUGH TIME TO CALL MY WIFE AND LET HER KNOW TO BE READY TO COME PICK ME UP IF MY CAR WOULDN'T MAKE IT HOME. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND 7 MILES LATER I WAS HOME WITH NO PROBLEMS. I HAVE NOT BEEN TO A MECHANIC OR CALLED FORD OR...

DRIVING ALONG AND THE VEHICLE KEPT SLOWING DOWN, KEPT PUSHING ON ACCELERATOR BUT STOPPED GOING. GOT OFF THE ROAD AND SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED, VEHICLE RAN OKAY. THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. DEALER SAYS THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY NEEDS REPLACED. *TR

THE THROTTLE BODY ON MY 2009 FORD ESCAPE FAILED WHILE ENTERING A PUBLIC INTERSTATE VIA AN ON RAMP. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE ACCELERATING. THE EFFECT WAS THE VEHICLES ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF, CAUSING A RAPID DECELERATION ON A FAIRLY BUSY ON RAMP. I WAS ABLE TO PULL MY CAR OVER TO THE SIDE. PLACED IT IN PARK, TURNED KEY OFF AND BACK ON, AND WAS ABLE TO RESUME MY 8 MILE COMMUTE TO WORK. LATER, WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE SAME ISSUE OCCURRED TWICE WITHIN A FIFTEEN MILE PERIOD - BOTH TIMES WHILE ACCELERATING, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF IN TRAFFIC. THREE TIMES IN ONE DAY, HAD NOT SEEN THIS ISSUE EVER PRIOR TO LAST WEEK. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS A FAILED THROTTLE BODY. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SINCE 9/4. TODAY I WAS CONTACTED AND TOLD THE PART WAS ON...

ON THE MORNING OF SEPT 4, 2013- I WAS MAKING A TURN AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. I HAD JUST ABOUT COMPLETED THE TURN WHEN I WAS ENGAGING THE GAS PEDDLE TO CONTINUE ON, BUT THE CAR WAS RUNNING AND IT WASN'T GOING. I WAS ABLE TO COAST OFF THE ROAD. I TURNED THE CAR OFF. I STARTED THE CAR BACK UP AND HAD POWER FROM THE PEDDLE AGAIN, SO I PROCEEDED UP THE STREET ONLY TO HAVE THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO ME AGAIN, AS I WAS TURNING AT THE NEXT VERY BUSY INTERSECTION. I WAS LUCKY THAT THERE HAPPENED TO BE A GAS STATION ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. I PULLED IN AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. I CONTACTED THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED MY CAR TO HAVE THEM COME TOW MY VEHICLE, AND VERIFY THE REASON FOR THE INCIDENTS. I WAS INFORMED THAT...

I BOUGHT MY CAR NEW IN 2009. SUMMER OF 2011, IT STARTED DYING WHEN STOPPED AT RED LIGHTS OR ANY STOPS. IT DID THIS MOSTLY WHEN IT WAS .25 TANK OF GAS OR LESS AND THE WARMER THE WEATHER. I TOOK IT TO THREE DIFFERENT MECHANICS AND NO ONE COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS TRULY WRONG. WHEN THEY PLUGGED IT IN ALL IT SAYS IS EMISSION PROBLEM. IT HAPPENED SO INCONSISTENTLY IT WAS HARD TO EXPLAIN OR DIAGNOSE. I HAD FORD REPLACE A VAPOR SENSOR OF SOME SORT IN SUMMER OF 2012 WHEN IT WAS DOING IT AGAIN. IT HAS NEVER RAN THE SAME SINCE 2011 WHEN I FIRST HAD PROBLEMS. NOW IT IS LOSING POWER AS I DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD. IT LOSES POWER COMPLETELY, YOU PUSH THE GAS AND THERE IS NOTHING AND I HAVE TO PULL OVER OR LET IT ROLL TO A STOP AND IT JERKS...

WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY AT 70 MPH THE RPM DROPPED TO APPROX. 900RPM. PUSHING ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. A INDICATOR LIGHT ON THE DASH CAME ON IT IS THE SHAPE OF A WRENCH. I HAD TO PULL THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. AFTER I PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND WAITED ABOUT 30 SECONDS THEN RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND EVERYTHING WAS WORKING FINE. I WENT BACK ONTO THE ROAD AND DROVE APPROX. 12 MILES AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I REPEATED WHAT I HAD DONE EARLIER AND THE VEHICLE WAS OK AGAIN. I GOT BACK ON THE ROAD AND I MADE IT AROUND 8 MILES AND I HAD ANOTHER OCCURRENCE, AGAIN I REPEATED THE SHUT OFF THE ENGINE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND IT AGAIN STARTED AND RAN OK. THEN I MADE IT HOME! *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON A MAIN HIGHWAY ON VACATION OUT OF STATE THE FORD ESCAPE SLOWED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE TO KEEP UP WITH TRAFFIC. "WRENCH LIGHT" LIGHT ON DASH ILLUMINATED. IT CONTINUED TO RUN SLOWLY AND WE PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. CAR RESTARTED AND RAN NORMALLY OVER 100 MILES TO FINAL DESTINATION. LOCAL REPAIR SHOP DETECTED NO "CODES" BUT SUGGESTED A FORD DEALER EXAMINE BASED UPON HISTORY. DEALER CONFIRMED COMPUTER ISSUE WITH THROTTLE BODY FAULTS CAUSED STALL AND REPLACED PART. TOTAL COSTS APPROX $300. NO RECURRENCE OF STALLS ON HIGHWAY. *TR

AFTER USE AND PARK, THE ESCAPE 2009 4 CYL. DO NOT START. SEVERAL TIMES IN BETWEEN WEEKS WITH THIS TROUBLE. SEVERAL HOURS LATER, START AS NOTHING OCCUR. IN AN ELECTRONIC DIAGNOSTIC, SENT A CODE: 1260 AND 1681. STARTER IS GOOD AND ELECTRONIC IGNITION WAS RECENTLY CHANGED THINKING WILL STOP THE INCIDENTS BUT WITHOUT RESOLVING THE ISSUE. WHEN THE VEHICLE DO THE TROUBLE, THE ANTITHEFT ICON KEEP BLINKING IN THE KEY ON POSITION. I CHANGED THE MAIN KEY FOR THE COPY AND KEEP DOING THE TROUBLE. *TR

VEHICLE MOVING AT CONSTANT 45 MPH WHEN ENGINE STUMBLE FELT, ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL/POWERTRAIN LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND LOST ALL ABILITY TO CONTROL VEHICLE SPEED WITH ACCELERATOR PEDAL. ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING AND VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE SAFELY PULLED OFF THE MAIN ROAD. AFTER TURNING VEHICLE OFF AND THEN BACK ON, THE LIGHT WENT OUT AND ALL SYSTEMS WERE AGAIN OK. PROBLEM WAS TRACED TO THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL (THROTTLE BODY) AND FIX REQUIRES REPLACEMENT OF THE PART. *TR

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 65 MPH. DRIVING FOR ABOUT 30 MIN. WHEN VEHICLE STARTED TO STUTTER AND SLOW DOWN. PUSHING THE ACCELERATOR AND NO RESPONSE -RPM AND SPEED DROPPING QUICKLY. ALMOST RUN OVER BY OTHER VEHICLES ON HIGHWAY. WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH PANEL. CAR WAS PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD AND BARELY GOING AT 900 RPM AND ~ 2 MPH. NEEDED TO HA E CAR TOWED. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED IMMEDIATELY! *TR

ON MONDAY, JULY 8 AT 8:45 AM I WAS DRIVING MY 2009 FORD ESCAPE FROM MY HOME TO MY OFFICE...A DISTANCE OF 17.3 MILES. I HAD COMPLETED APPROXIMATELY 14 OF THOSE MILES, TRAVELING ON A FOUR LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH AND ON CRUISE CONTROL. WITHOUT WARNING, THE CAR SHUT DOWN. THE MOTOR CONTINUED TO RUN AT SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED POWER...ENOUGH TO POWER THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM...BUT NOT THE VEHICLE. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO STEER OFF OF THE HIGHWAY AND ACCESS THE SITUATION. THIS FAILURE HAD NEVER OCCURRED PREVIOUSLY WITH THIS VEHICLE. A WRENCH LIGHT WAS NOW APPEARING ON THE CONTROL PANEL AND THE CAR WAS BARELY RUNNING. I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND SHUT IT DOWN. THEN I TURNED THE KEY AND IT RESTARTED AND SEEMED TO RUN FINE. I CONTINUED THE JOURNEY HOPING IT WAS A ONE-TIME GLITCH. THAT SAME AFTERNOON...

WE BOUGHT THE SUV USED AT A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP IN. JUNE 2010,AND IN OCTOBER WE STARTED HAVING ISSUES. THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T START. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY HAD IT FOR 10 DAYS AND COULDN'T. FIND A PROBLEM. WE DROVE IT FOR APPROXIMATELY 7 MONTHS, 14,000 MILES THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN ...WE HAD IT TOWED TO ANOTHER GARAGE, AND THEY HAD IT A COUPLE OF DAYS WITH NO PROBLEMS FOUND.IN JUNE 2012 IT WOULDN'T. START AGAIN. THIS TIME IT RESTATED AFTER 40 MINUTES. IT WENT INTO A SAFE MODE, WHERE I DROVE IT HOME AT 5 MPH. WAITED 30 MINUTES UNHOOKED THE BATTERY CABLES WAITED 15 MINUTES AND HOOKED THEM BACK UP,,AND IT STARTED AND RAN FINE FOR A FEW DAYS THEN STARTED DYING WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. TOOK IT TO AUTO ZONE TO READ ANY CODES...NONE WERE IDENTIFIED. THIS IS HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY NOW....

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE CAR WENT IN TO LIMP MODE. WE COSTED TO THE SHOULDER TURNED CAR OFF. IT RE STARTED NO ISSUES, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK TO MY MECHANIC WHO CLEAN THROTTLE BODY PLATE. CAR RAN GREAT FOR ABOUT 5 DAYS THEN AGAIN SAME PROBLEM ARISES. CALL FORD TO PURCHASE PART AND TOLD IT IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER NO IDEA WHEN THE PART COULD BE AVAILABLE. SO I AM NOT STUCK WITH A CAR THAT COULD GET ME OR MY FAMILY HURT. *TR

DRIVING AGAIN TODAY AND TRUCK JUST SHUT OFF THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN LAST TWO WEEKS IS FORD GO TO RECALL THIS PROBLEM PULLED CODE AND CODE NUMBER IS 2112 SAME CODE AS BEFORE. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ALONG THE HIGHWAY WHEN SUDDENLY THE THROTTLE STOPPED WORKING, THE ENGINE DID NOT SHUT OFF BUT SHE COULD NOT GIVE THE CAR ANY GAS AND HAD TO PULL OVER. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES SINCE THEN WITH THE MOST RECENT BEING TODAY. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE THROTTLE BODY FROM WHAT I'VE READ FROM OTHER 2009 FORD ESCAPE OWNERS. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT AN INVESTIGATE WAS/IS BEING DONE INTO THIS PROBLEM. *TR

WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE FROM DAY ONE. CURRENTLY THE BIG ISSUE IS THE THROTTLE BODY (WHICH I'VE SEEN HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH ALL THE FORD ESCAPES). ALSO THE MASS AIR FLOW SYSTEM, HEATING/AIR, AND SECURITY SYSTEM (ALSO IT HAS A PROBLEM NOT STARTING---NOT SURE IF THAT'S ALSO THROTTLE BODY). IS THIS BEING RECALLED? *TR

DRIVING AND ENGINE LOST POWER CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON PULLED CODE 2112. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SUDDENLY STOPPED RESPONDING AND THE WRENCH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND PUT ON THE HAZARD LIGHTS. AFTER TURNING THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTING, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL RESPONDED AGAIN AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE FOR A SHORT WHILE BEFORE IT FAILED AGAIN. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS. I REPEATED THIS CYCLE UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE I WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE CODES INDICATED A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY. THE DEALERSHIP HAS ADVISED THE PART IS ON BACKORDER AND WON'T BE AVAILABLE FOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS, WHICH MEANS I WON'T BE ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR (THE EXTENDED WARRANTY DOES NOT PROVIDE A RENTAL DUE TO BACKORDERED PARTS). THIS IS NOW VERY INCONVENIENT. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS ALREADY COMPLETELY REPLACED ON THIS VEHICLE AT AROUND 30K MILES, ALONG...

WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AFTER PICKING UP MY DAUGHTER FROM SCHOOL. SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE JERKED AND DIED. IT HAD NO PRIOR PROBLEMS AT ALL. AFTER SITTING STILL FOR ABOUT 15MIN THE VEHICLE STARTED AGAIN AND DROVE HOME NO PROBLEM. SINCE THEN ITS STALLED SEVERAL TIMES ONCE EVEN WHEN ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 65MPH! *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY FREEWAY IN HOUSTON MY CAR JERKED, THE WRENCH LIGHT LIT UP, THEN WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. I WAS ABLE TO GET OVER THE SHOULDER OF THE FREEWAY, BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE AFTER THAT. IT STAYED ON, BUT WAS BOUNCING UP AND DOWN. I HAD TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED OFF THE FREEWAY. ONCE TOWED, WE TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND IT RAN FINE. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC THE NEXT DAY AND WAS TOLD EVERYTHING LOOKED FINE, I DROVE IT THE FOLLOWING DAY. ON THE FREEWAY, IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP, WHERE I WAS TOLD THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, BUT THIS PART IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER WITH NO DELIVERY DATE IN SIGHT. FORD HAS BEEN GIVING ME THE RUN AROUND SINCE LAST WEEK REGARDING THE PART AND RENTAL...

TRUCK FAILED TO ACCELERATE FROM A RED LIGHT, WITH PEDAL COMPLETELY ENGAGED. HAD CONTINUED LOSS POWER/THRUST WHEN I PUSH THE GAS. THIS HAPPENS SO OFTEN NOW, I AM NOT COMFORTABLE DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AS I NEVER KNOW IF I'LL BE ABLE TO ACCELERATE. SUNDAY AFTER FINALLY GETTING HOME, I WAS UNABLE TO GET IT TO STAY CRANKED WHEN I DEPRESS THE GAS PEDAL TO REVERSE. THIS LOSS OF POWER WAS EXUBERATED BY HAVING THE A/C RUNNING. FIRST THE TIMING COVER LEAKS AT 22, 761, THEN A PULLEY FALLS OFF THE ENGINE AT 40,149 SPRAYING OIL ALL OVER MY INTERIOR VIA THE A/C. AFTER THE PULLEY WAS REPLACED THE CAR WOULD IDLE HIGH AND THEN STARTED JERKING AS IF IT WANTED TO STALL, TOOK TO FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO CODES, FINALLY HAD THE TECH DRIVE WITH ME AND HE FELT THE JERKING. AFTER THREE VISITS FOR...

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR STARTED TO SPUTTER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND THEN WOULD SUDDENLY ACCELERATE WITHOUT TOUCHING THE ACCELERATOR. EVENTUALLY THE ENGINE JUST SHUT OFF ALL TOGETHER. HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THEN. FOUND OUT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE THROTTLE BODY, WHICH SEEMS TO BE A RECURRENCE ON FORD ESCAPES. *TR

I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR BUT THE ENGINE SEEMED TO HAVE STALLED. I DID HAVE SLIGHT FORWARD MOMENTUM THAT WAS JERKY AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I TURNED THE CAR OFF, SAT FOR A FEW MINUTES, THEN TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR. THE CAR DID START AND NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE ON THE DASHBOARD. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO MY SUBDIVISION WITHOUT INCIDENT BUT ONCE I TURNED INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD THE CAR STALLED AGAIN. THE CAR WAS THEN TOWED TO MY FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I WAS TOLD THE THROTTLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. SINCE THE THROTTLE IS CONSIDERED AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. THE BILL WAS APPROXIMATELY $670. I WAS NOT TOLD THIS WAS A COMMON INCIDENT IN MY MODEL AND YEAR OF...

CAR IS TRAVELING IN 25-30 MPH RANGE AND SHUTS DOWN. ALL LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD COME ON. COAST THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. PUT IN PARK AND START UP AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN LAST TWO DAYS. THIS SAME SITUATION HAPPENED ON EXPRESSWAY GOING 60 MPH ON 01/03/2011. HAD TO BE TOWED TO FORD DEALERSHIP. AT THAT TIME A NEW THROTTLE BODY AND MODULE WAS INSTALLED. *TR

TOOK MY VEHICLE IN TO FORD DEALER DUE TO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STUCK ON. DIAGNOSTICS PULLED 2 CODES, P0011 & P0012. THESE 2 CODES ARE MAJOR ENGINE PROBLEMS!! BOTH SOLENOIDS NEED TO BE REPLACED, AND POSSIBLY HAVE TO REPLACE BOTH CYLINDER HEADS AND CAM SHAFTS IF HEAD AND CAMSHAFTS SHOW WEAR = THUS A VERY VERY EXPENSIVE ENGINE REPAIR COST FOR ME!! THE FORD DEALERSHIP SAID THIS IS ONLY COVERED UNDER WARRANTY UP TO 60,000 MILES: MY ESCAPE HAD ONLY 63,296 MILES ON 4-2-13, THE DAY I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP. I'M CLIMBING UP THE TREE AT FORD MOTOR COMPANY AN FEEL I HAVE A "LEMON" FORD VEHICLE!! I WANT TO KNOW WHY FORD MOTOR COMPANY DID NOT SEND OUT ANY RECALL NOTICES TO 2009 FORD ESCAPE OWNERS REGARDING THIS MAJOR-MAJOR ENGINE MALFUNCTION = SERIOUS ENGINE REPAIR COSTS TO ME DUE TO THEIR NEGLIGENCE !! I AM OVER THE WARRANTY...

CAR STALLED WHILE MOVING FORWARD AFTER BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPACE. CAR HAD OPERATED FOR 15 MINUTES BEFORE PULLING INTO SPACE, THEN IMMEDIATELY BACKING OUT WITHOUT STOPPING ENGINE. FOR APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AND ONE HALF YELLOW SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY COMES ON THEN GOES OFF AFTER FEW DRIVING CYCLES. CAR ALSO HESITATES AND JERKS DURING ACCELERATION RANDOMLY AND FREQUENTLY. SERVICE DEPT OF USED CAR DEALER WHERE PURCHASED CAR HAS DETECTED NO DEFECTS AND HAS NOT REPLICATED PROBLEM WHEN CAR LEFT AT SHOP. *TR

WHILE ACCELERATING AT LOW SPEEDS (15 - 20 MPH), THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO SHUDDER AND LURCH, WITH NO INCREASE IN THROTTLE OR POWER DESPITE FLOORING THE GAS PEDAL. YELLOW CHECK ENGINE / REPAIR LIGHTS CAME ON, VEHICLE WOULD JERKINGLY CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AT A SPEED OF LESS THAN 5 MPH. AFTER CONDUCTING A SEARCH, IT APPEARS TO BE SIMILAR TO THE "LIMP HOME MODE" THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM REPORTED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA CONSUMERS COUNCIL. *TR

ESCAPE WAS IN FOR SCHEDULED OIL CHANGE. UPON LEAVING THE AUTHORIZED FORD GARAGE THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING AND HAD LITTLE ACCELERATION. I TURNED AROUND AND WENT BACK TO THE FORD GARAGE AND HAD THEM LOOK AT IT. THE PROBLEM SELF CORRECTED WHILE AT GARAGE. THEY SAID THAT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND ACCORDING TO THE COMPUTER, THERE HAD BEEN ANOTHER INCIDENT RECORDED WHILE UNDER PREVIOUS OWNERSHIP. FORD GARAGE SAID TO REPLACE THROTTLE BODY. I HAVE NOT YET REPLACED IT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. WHEN PRESSING ON GAS IT JUST COASTED. THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. WAS ABLE TO GET TO SIDE OF THE ROAD, BUT ALMOST GOT HIT FROM BEHIND. TURNED VEHICLE OFF, RESTARTED AND WAS BACK ON THE ROAD. ON OTHER OCCASIONS THERE HAS BEEN SOME SURGING. I SEE THAT THERE HAS BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM AND IT IS GETTING SOME PRESS THAT THERE IS A DEFECTIVE PART (THROTTLE BODY). I CONTACTED FORD SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULD LOOK AT IT, BUT IT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. HOWEVER,THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT INDICATE A POWER TRAIN ISSUE, I WAS TOLD IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. THIS DOES NOT MAKE SENSE AND IT TRULY LOOKS LIKE A DEFECTIVE PART. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AND COULD RESULT IN A VERY BAD ACCIDENT IN TRAFFIC. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL...

WHILE TRAVELING AT 70MPH, VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WHILE DRIVING IN THE CENTER LANE OF A HIGHWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. NO WARNING SIGNS WERE DISPLAYED. AFTER PULLING TO THE SHOULDER, VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED AND SEEMED TO BE FINE. SERVICE TECHNICIAN FOUND A FAILURE CODE FOR 'THROTTLE STUCK CLOSED' WITH 'FREEZE DATA' SHOWING IT HAPPENED AT 71MPH. HE INSPECTED THE THROTTLE AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS. AS A PRECAUTION, HE CLEANED THE THROTTLE BLADE WITH A CLEANING WIPE. A WEEK LATER, THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN AS I WAS PULLING INTO TRAFFIC. IN ORDER TO KEEP THE VEHICLE RUNNING, I THEN NEEDED TO KEEP MY FOOT ON BOTH THE GAS AND BRAKE WHILE AT STOPS. RETURN TO MY TECHNICIAN AND HE DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY. HE SAID THAT THE COMPUTER DATA SHOWED THE THROTTLE OPEN ONLY 52% WHEN THE THROTTLE WAS WIDE OPEN. VEHICLE HAS NOT YET...

2009 FORD ESCAPE. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE DIED WHILE DRIVING *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED A WRENCH SYMBOL APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. HOWEVER, THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANY CODES AND THE VEHICLE PASSED ALL THEIR TESTS. THE DEALER DID FIX A TRANSMISSION LEAK AND AN AIR SENSOR. ON JANUARY 5, 2012, THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN AND THE WRENCH SYMBOL APPEARED AGAIN. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANY CODES. ON MARCH 5, 2012, THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN, AND THE BATTERY SYMBOL ILLUMINATED. *JB

ON 7/17/2011 WHILE DRIVING FROM EDEN PRAIRIE, MN TO HOME IN HASTINGS, MN WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL I, ALONG WITH MY WIFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER, SMELLED A ODOR LIKE BURNING PLASTIC. I PULLED INTO A NEARBY PARKING LOT AND WE GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND I INVESTIGATED THE ODOR. I WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT THE ODOR WAS ORIGINATING FROM THE DASH PANEL. WITHOUT DISMANTLING ANYTHING I WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE ODOR, WHICH BY THIS TIME WAS DISSIPATING. RESTARTING THE VEHICLE RESULTED IN NO RE-OCCURRENCE OF THE ODOR AND WE CONTINUED TOWARDS HOME. LATER AFTER STOPPING AT A STORE AND RESUMING OUT TRIP I WAS UNABLE TO DISCERN AIR FLOW FROM THE AIR VENTS ALTHOUGH THE FAN CONTROL WAS SET TO 2. NO AIRFLOW WAS APPARENT UNTIL THE FAN CONTROL WAS SET TO 4. *TR

LETTER FROM CONGRESSMAN BROWN ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT REGARDING PROBLEMS WITH HER 2009 FORD ESCAPE; SHE HAS AN ARBITRATION DATE ON JUNE 28 IN COLUMBUS, OHIO; PLEASE RESPOND DIRECTLY TO THE CLEVELAND OFFICE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON FIVE OCCASIONS BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WOULD JUMP/LUNGE WHILE ENGAGING IT INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE. WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LUNG/JUMP WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE HAS ALSO BEEN TO THE DEALER SIX TIMES FOR A REAR LEAKING WINDOW. THE WEATHER STRIPING WAS REPLACED, BUT THE LEAK CONTINUED. RECENTLY, WHEN THE CONSUMER FILLED THE GAS TANK, IT ONLY REGISTERED A HALF TANK. ALSO, THERE WAS A VIBRATION COMING FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE BATTERY IN HER VEHICLE STOPPED WORKING SHE WAS UNABLE TO OPEN THE REAR LIFTGATE ON THE VEHICLE. SHE WAS ALSO UNABLE TO GAIN ACCESS FROM THE FLOOR BOARD IN THE REAR SEAT. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,000.

GOT HOME AT 4PM, PARKED THE CAR IN THE GARAGE AND TURNED IT OFF. WALKED INSIDE AND WENT TO DINNER AT MY IN LAWS. ABOUT 3AM MY WIFE WOKE UP TO ONE OF OUR BABIES CRYING. SHE WENT DOWN TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. AS SHE WAS WALKING THROUGH OUR KITCHEN SHE SMELLED SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT RIGHT. SHE WOKE ME UP AND WE ALL LEFT THE HOUSE AND WENT TO HER PARENTS HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET. WE CALLED THE GAS COMPANY AND THEY CAME TO SEARCH THE HOUSE. THE COULD NOT FIND A GAS LEAK, SO THE GUY FROM THE GAS COMPANY ASKED TO LOOK IN THE GARAGE. WHEN WE OPENED THE GARAGE IT FELT LIKE 100 DEGREES. WE LOOKED IN BOTH CARS AND THERE WERE NO KEYS IN THE IGNITION. WE POPPED THE HOODS ON THE CARS ON OUR ESCAPE YOU COULD BARELY TOUCH ANYTHING INSIDE THE...

2009 FORD ESCAPE. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE RANDOMLY SHUTTING DOWN. *TGW